David Cameron’s “I am a Euroskeptic, honestly” remarks in the aftermath of the EU summit last week were uttered in a plaintive tone. As though the prime minister realized that he had been rolled over by experts and no amount of spin about the EU budget could cover up the fact.
The attempt to present the securing of a 2.9% increase in the budget as a victory wasn’t wholly convincing. It’s the kind of figure Germany and France were always going to demand, against the 6% wanted by Europhile elements in the European Parliament.
But more intriguing — and more likely to cause Cameron trouble with the breed of younger Tory Euroskeptics in London that is currently displacing an old guard that doesn’t seem to have gotten very far advancing its cause in the last two decades — is the opportunity he has missed on reshaping the EU.
For more: David Cameron’s Missed Opportunity to Reshape EU - Iain Martin - WSJ
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